Reflecting on Abercrombie & Fitch Danzy Estates Tennis Closet Drop and Coco Gauff AOC Fashion

Models Kwaku Ansong and Samantha Archibald front Abercrombie & Fitch’s [IG] spring 2025 Danzy Estates drop, which has strong Sporty & Rich vibes and Ralph Lauren Polo, too. Photographer Menelik Puryear [IG] captures the collection designed for Abercrombie by Danzy Design Studio, founded by Marshall Danzy Taulbert in 2018. / Hair by Jenny Kim; makeup by Maud Laceppe

Sporty & Rich Vibes and Polo Ralph Lauren, Too

I’ve spent a couple hours really looking at Abercrombie — and I admit the Sporty & Rich connection in my brain got my attention. It’s valid as the first data bit, but another topic was working its way to my frontal lobe.

It seems that Danzy Estates has an open door to create very aspirational marketing — even if a luxury hotel in the south of France probably isn’t in the making. Mike Jeffries’ whites-only brand messaging — to say nothing about his sexual proclivities — will hang around Abercrombie’s neck for a long time.

French Open Winner Coco Gauff Is Welcome at Today’s Abercrombie

I wanted to do Abercrombie before posting French Open winner Coco Gauff’s Miu Miu collection images. And in a twist, Coco upset my order of things in several ways. I’ve been a Coco fan out of the gate, but also don’t follow women’s tennis as closely, now that Serena is retired.

After the ongoing fan devotion to Naomi Osaka’s mental health issues and every tear shed in public — which is a river of them — I had no idea that Coco Gauff has gone through a similar period of self-doubt, but shorter.

She surrendered to being rebuilt as a tennis player in a way that few people could endure in a public forum. AOC always speaks to women with backbone — and Coco Gauff qualifies. Read on at link top of page.